UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Academic Standards and Audit Committee of the Academic Board will be held on Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at 09.30 hours in the Central Committee Room, MacLaurin Building.
Agenda papers for this meeting have been issued to members, named alternates and officers in attendance only. Non-confidential papers may be obtained on request from Governance Services (telephone: 4564; e-mail: ).
Apologies should be conveyed to the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller (telephone: 4108; e-mail: ).
A G E N D A
1 APOLOGIES
To receive apologies for non-attendance at the meeting.
2 CHAIRMAN’S OVERVIEW
To receive the comments of the Chairman.
3 MINUTES – 21 MARCH 2017
To confirm and sign the minutes. - Paper 3
4 MEMBERSHIP
4.1 Category 9: Associate Deans of School (Academic Quality Assurance) (or named alternate who shall be the relevant Associate Dean of School (Learning and Teaching))
4.1.1 To note that Mr N Geach, has been appointed as Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) for the School of Law, Criminology and Political Sciences and that he will serve on this Committee in the above category as the named alternate to Mr K Rogers, Associate Dean (Academic Quality Assurance) with immediate effect.
4.1.2 To note that Mrs N Hewitt has been appointed as acting Associate Dean (Academic Quality Assurance) and that she will attend meetings of this Committee in her new role with immediate effect.
5 MATTERS ARISING
5.1 Summary of actions – 21 March 2017
To note the actions arising from the meeting of 21 March 2017. - Paper 5.1
(Confidential)
5.1.1 School of Computer Science action plan – Minute 699.1.1 refers
To note the Action Plan dated 20 April 2017. - Paper 5.1.1
EDRMS only
5.1.2 School of Law, Criminology and Political Sciences – Minute 699.1.8 refers
To note the Action Plan dated 20 April 2017. - Paper 5.1.2
EDRMS only
5.2 Summary to School Academic Committees
5.2.1 To note that matters for report and consideration by the School Academic Committees from the meeting of the Committee held on 21 March 2017 have been circulated to Deans of School and Associate Deans (Academic Quality Assurance) by the Chairman on 28 March 2017. - Paper 5.2.1
5.2.2 To note that certain information from the meeting of the Committee held on
21 March 2017 has been circulated to members and officers in attendance of School Academic Committees for note.
5.3 To note any matters not taken elsewhere on the agenda.
6 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORTS ON ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE 2015-2016
To receive from the relevant Associate Deans of School (Academic Quality Assurance) the Annual School Reports on Academic Standards and Student Experience, comprising the relevant section of the School Business Plan and updated School Action Plan, as follows:
6.1 Dr S A Trainis, Computer Science - Paper 6.1
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.2 Mr R E Wright, Creative Arts - Paper 6.2
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.3 Ms A McLauchlin, Education - Paper 6.3
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.4 Mr R Wilkinson, Engineering and Technology - Paper 6.4
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.5 Dr C Holman, Health and Social Work - Paper 6.5
(Confidential)
6.6 Dr D A Ball and Mr J Shahar, Hertfordshire Business School - Paper 6.6
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.7 Dr M Groefsema, Humanities - Paper 6.7
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.8 Mr K Rogers, Law, Criminology and Political Science - Paper 6.8
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.9 Ms N Hewitt and Dr S Schmeer, Life and Medical Sciences - Paper 6.9
(Confidential)
(To follow)
6.10 Dr S J Kane, Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics - Paper 6.10
(Confidential)
(To follow)
7 Implementation of a Grade Point Average (‘GPA’) system – Minutes 700.1.2 and 724 refer
To note the revised numeric scale-grade point conversion scale for the GPA system, agreed outside the meeting by members of the Committee, to be recommended for adoption to the Academic Board with effect from 1 September 2017. - Paper 7
8 COLLABORATIVE PROVISION
To note that there are no matters for report at this meeting.
9 AUDITS 2016-2017
This item is confidential and available only to members and officers in attendance.
9.1 Ratification of Board of Examiner outcomes by absent External Examiners – Minutes 702.1 and 722.1 refer
To receive a report from Ms C A Rendell, Deputy Director of Academic Quality Assurance. - Paper 9.1
(Confidential)
9.2 Compliance with APCL processes
To receive a report from Ms J Hulse, Associate Director of Academic Quality Assurance. - Paper 9.2 (Confidential)
(To follow)
9.3 SAC consideration of Programme Committee minutes, Annual Activity Agreements
To receive a report from Mr P Khoudian, Associate Director of Academic Quality Assurance. - Paper 9.3 (Confidential)
10 audits 2015-2016
To receive a report from Ms Rendell concerning progress on actions arising from the gap analysis audits carried out in the academic year 2015-2016. - Paper 10
11 AGENDA – PART II
To note and approve Part II of the Agenda (items A-E).
(NOTE: Members wishing to comment on any item in Part II of the Agenda, which consists of items requiring formal note and /or approval, are asked to inform the Chair, through the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller, e-mail: , telephone extension 4108, not less than 48 hours before the meeting. If no such indications are received, Part II will be taken as noted and approved.)
12 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND DEADLINES 2017-2018
To note and approve the schedule of meetings for the academic year 2017-2018, to take place at 09.30 hours in the Central Committee Room:
Date of meeting / Date for receipt ofpapers / Date for notification
of items
03 October 2017 / 19 September 2017 / 12 September 2017
21 November 2017 / 07 November 2017 / 31 October 2017
30 January 2018 / 16 January 2018 / 09 January 2018
20 March 2018 / 06 March 2018 / 27 February 2018
08 May 2018 / 24 April 2018 / 17 April 2018
26 June 2018 / 12 June 2018 / 05 June 2018
13 CHECK LIST FOR COMMUNICATIONS
To agree how decisions and actions to be taken as outcomes of this meeting will be communicated.
14 PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
To identify people development needs and to refer them to the Manager of People Development, Department of Planning, Development and Change.
15 RISK
To consider any risks inherent in the matters dealt with by the Committee during the meeting but not discussed when the item concerned was taken.
16 EMERGENCY BUSINESS
(Admissible only with the consent of the Chairman given prior to the meeting.)
17 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 09.30 hours, Central Committee Room, MacLaurin Building.
Items for the Agenda should be notified to the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller, (e-mail: , telephone extension: 4108), B204, Hatfield by Tuesday
30 May 2017. Agenda papers should be lodged with the Clerk no later than Tuesday, 6 June 2017.
It will be assumed that items from the Schools have been submitted with the approval of the Dean of School.
A G E N D A – PART II
A ACADEMIC QUALITY
Programmes, Courses and Collaborative Agreements
To note the reports confirmed by the Chairman of the Student Educational Experience Committee and ratified by the Vice-Chancellor for the period 4 March 2017–
13 April 2017, with the summary of conclusions and recommendations, which will be noted at the meeting of the Academic Board held on 21 June 2017. - Paper A
B ACADEMIC SERVICES
To note the amendments/revisions to the Academic Services publications for the period 28 February 2017 – 13 April 2017. - Paper B
Publications are available for inspection online at:
http://www.studynet1.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/aqo.nsf/Homepage?ReadForm
Members and named alternates wishing to view or obtain copies should refer to this site.
C STUDENT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
To note publication of the minutes of the meeting of the Student Educational Experience Committee held on 14 March 2017. - Paper C
(Confidential)
EDRMS ONLY
D UNIVERSITY TRUST STATUS
To note and approve guidance on the process for recognition of NHS Trusts seeking University Trust status from the University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation, developed by the Centre for Academic Quality Assurance, and to be published on the Academic Services website. - Paper D
E UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
E.1 UPR AS14 - ‘Structure and Assessment Regulations - Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes’
To note changes to sections C and D of UPR AS14 to accommodate the revised numeric scale-grade point conversion scale for the GPA system to be recommended for adoption to the Academic Board with effect from 1 September 2017. - Paper E.1
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